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Chenjerai Hunzvi's wife dies
THE widow of national hero Chenjerai Hunzvi, Jenny Hunzi, passed away on Friday and has been declared a provincial heroine.She will be buried at the Mashonaland East Provincial Heroes Acre on ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 373 | by Staff reporter
'Slain' MDC councillor's family arrested
The family of the late MDC Bulawayo Ward 28 Councillor Hapson Ncube has been arrested over allegations of accusing former Councillor Collet Ndlovu as being the one behind the death of their son....Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 14:56hrs | 3908 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Chaos mars MDC Alliance councillor's burial
CHAOTIC scenes rocked the burial of MDC Alliance Ward 28 Councillor Hapson Ncube in Bulawayo yesterday with party members taking the deceased's body to former councillor Collet Ndlovu's business premi...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 04:40hrs | 1898 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillor dies
THE Councillor for Ward 28 (Cowdray Park) in Bulawayo Hapson Nyasha Ncube (MDC) has died. Clr Ncube died yesterday morning at Mater Dei Hospital and the cause of death has not yet been establi...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:48hrs | 1223 | by Staff reporter
Makhurane buried
The founding Vice Chancellor of the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Professor Phineas Makhurane has been laid to rest at his rural home in Gungwe, Gwanda South.Professor M...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 15:10hrs | 1571 | by Staff reporter
What the Nation and world should know
When MDC-T Morgan Tsvangirai was ailing and walking and breathing his last, he made it clear that he wouldn't die as someone who failed the party on its succession debate. The fake news paddled by his...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 15:04hrs | 3041 | by Sidney Chisi
Prof Phineas Makhurane declared National hero
ZANU PF Politiburo has declared the late academic Professor Phineas Makhurane a National Hero. This was announced by the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services on Thursday....Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 10:02hrs | 2862 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man drinks self to death
POLICE in Bulawayo have released three men who had been arrested for allegedly killing a man from Mpopoma suburb after a post- mortem report revealed that he died due to excessive alcohol consumption....Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 05:40hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'new dispensation' in Zimbabwe stuck in the old ways
Veteran Zimbabwe opposition legislator Joel Gabbuza thought he was stating the obvious when he told mourners that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party was struggling to revive the econo...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 20:30hrs | 2070 | by Kitsepile Nyathi I The East African
Eddie Cross mourns George Bush
George Bush senior died this morning. I met him once, when as Vice President he visited Harare and I was invited to a reception for him. My other indelible memory of the man was watching the GOP Conve...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 11:31hrs | 2298 | by Eddie Cross
Murdered Lucia Duve remembered
Hundreds of mourners gathered at St Mary's Cathedral Basilica Parish in Bulawayo yesterday as hundreds of mourners gathered to pay their last respects to Lucia Duve (37) who lost her life in an allege...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 08:25hrs | 3183 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ex-MDC senator dies in horror crash
MDC founding member and former Senator Sibangilizwe Msipha has died.Msipha (53) died in a traffic accident early Thursday morning along N1 highway in Limpopo Province on his way to Johannesburg, S...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:38hrs | 1276 | by Staff reporter
Fatal assault over spilt beer
A 28-year-old man from Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb died after he was assaulted by three assailants at a beer garden for allegedly spilling beer on Friday night.Mr Farai Moyo died on Saturday aft...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:21hrs | 440 | by Staf reporter
'Zimbabwe is doomed because of failure of speech' schizophrenic Jonathan Moyo now concede.
For someone who had become hooked on absolute power and the attendant influence and wealth it brought; sudden loss of all that was a hammer blow to anyone. A few months after the November 2017 coup, M...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 19:19hrs | 3730 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa knew that Prof Makhurane had been unwell for quite some time
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the nation has been robbed of an outstanding scholar and educationist in Professor Phineas Makhurane, who died at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo yesterday.Mna...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 18:59hrs | 5205 | by Staf reporter
Zanu-PF mourns Professor Makhurane
Following the passing on of NUST founding Vice Chancellor, Professor Phinias Magorosi Makhurane yesterday, the Zanu-PF party in Bulawayo has sent a message of condolence to the family and the nation f...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 12:25hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Black November
In Zimbabwe, the month of November is revered by most cultures and in traditionally considered as a sacred month.So scared is the month that traditional rituals and rain making ceremonies are ...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:49hrs | 1225 | by staff reporter
Mnangagwa hits out at Prophet Magaya
FIRST lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday launched a thinly-veiled attack on Prophetic Healing and Deliverance ministries leader Walter Magaya following his recent claims that he had discovered a cure f...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:42hrs | 12547 | by Staf reporter
Mourners fight over deceased loan sharks' loot
THE FUNERAL gathering for a Gwanda couple suspected to have been among the 30 people that perished at the West Nicholson bus accident has been turned into a war zone as two families fight over a trunk...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 14:26hrs | 1402 | by Staf reporter
Chamisa badly wants a deal with Mnangagwa
FROM the time Nelson Chamisa entered mainstream politics as the youth chairman for the then newly formed MDC in 1999, his ambitions were quite evident. At the time all he was armed with was political ...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:19hrs | 13907 | by Reason Wafawarova
'Chamisa isn't the real enemy'
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has challenged his Zanu PF rivals, particularly President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, to stop wasting their energy fighting him, bu...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 06:23hrs | 2981 | by Staff reporter
Bosso will never die, says Modi
BULAWAYO businessman and philanthropist Raj Modi says while human beings are mortal Highlanders are immortal. The businessman, who is also Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, made the de...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 07:44hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Businessman begs cheating wife back home
THE higher a monkey climbs, the more its behind is exposed, the elders say!In recent years, their company registered phenomenal growth, and naturally that turned the lenses on the young busine...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:09hrs | 1779 | by Staff reporter
Drama at sex worker's burial
HOOKERS stopped a Catholic priest from giving a graveside speech with their seductive dances arguing that their departed friend was never into church.Sex workers accommodated in the Avenues hi...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 14:52hrs | 5453 | by Staff reporter
Businessman’s wife caught pants down
IT is one of life's laws that when the poor are pondering on where they will get their next meal, the moneyed have their own fair share of tribulations that, at times, leave them envying the less priv...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:00hrs | 3458 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's Jonathan Moyo dies
Former Highlanders Board Vice Chairperson Mr Jonathan Sayi Moyo has passed away, Bulawayo24 has learnt. Mourners are gathered in Waterford at their house which is located at the corner of Hawe...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 07:15hrs | 3021 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC condolence on the Zvishavane bus disaster
The MDC President Adv. Nelson Chamisa and MDC joins the nation in mourning those who lost their lives after the Musina bound Brooklyn bus they were travelling in caught fire yesterday night. A...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 17:15hrs | 2538 | by Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
Official statement from Brooklyn Express on Gwanda bus disaster
Our heartfelt apologies go out to the relatives and families of the deceased whose lives were lost in an accident involving one of our Brooklyn express buses along the Bulawayo, Beitbridge highway. We...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 15:23hrs | 9332 | by Brooklyn Express
Mnangagwa mourns Gwanda bus disaster victims
President Emmerson has issued a condolence message mourning the victims of the bus disaster that occurred in Gwanda on Thursday night. At least 42 people were feared dead. Said Mnangagwa, "I w...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 13:33hrs | 3347 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MP charged with insulting Mnangagwa, release on $200 bail
BINGA South legislator Gabbuza Joel Gabuza (MDC Alliance) has appeared before a Hwange magistrate charged with undermining the authority of, or insulting, President Emmerson Mnangagwa after he alleged...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:58hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Artistes mourn Joe Maseko
The Executive Producer of Rising Sounds Studio Joe Maseko has passed on. He is remembered as one of the unsung heroes who positively shaped the music Industry in Southern Africa. Artistes ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:09hrs | 930 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Rusape bus crash declared a national disaster
Government has declared a state of national disaster an accident in which 46 people were killed when two buses side-swapped at the 166-kilometre peg along Harare-Mutare highway on Wednesday evening. ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:05hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Rusape accident victims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolences to families who lost their loved ones following the Rusape bus accident along the Harare-Mutare highway which occurred yesterday....Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 12:50hrs | 1862 | by Staff Reporter
MDC mourns bus disaster victims
Opposition Movement for Democratic Change has issued a condolence message to the victims of the bus crash that occurred on Tuesday evening.Forty seven people, 45 adults and two children, were ...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 10:31hrs | 2840 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe courts are captured by cartels says Prosecutor General
Acting Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has alleged that the justice system in Zimbabwe is captured by powerful cartels who include lawyers, media and powerful political figures.Hodzi was spe...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 15:51hrs | 7584 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man arrested over gun salute for dad
A MAN from Binga left villagers from his community in shock when he shot three times into the air in a military style gun salute for his late father who once served in the Rhodesian army. The ...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:29hrs | 1258 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Beware the long queues doth come
Our rations of overnight snacks packed, our cold-water bottles stashed away, perchance some juice or can of Miranda, warm clothing and a blanket each, here Bible, there a novel in hand and DJ Mjoks on...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:52hrs | 851 | by Zifiso Masiye
Pastor forces daughters to drink poison before committing suicide
A pastor from Nkulumane suburb poisoned his two daughters before killing himself in South Africa where the family was based citing marital and other problems. Precocious Mpofu (36) allegedly f...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1577 | by Staff Reporter
Military should intervene in gold panners clashes
UMZINGWANE legislator Levi Mayihlome (Zanu-PF) has called on the Zimbabwe National Army to intervene and deal with wanton killings and violence that is being blamed on tribal fights between informal m...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:54hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs #MeToo moment
Thirty years after her iconic debut novel, Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga is back with a final look at her heroine's harrowing journey through the Mugabe years, hoping to spark debate about viol...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 07:49hrs | 1710 | by AFP
Murder ends dream wedding
A MAN (26) was killed by three suspected gold panners in Esigodini after he tried to protect his fiancé from indecent assault, putting an end to their dream wedding that was set for December. ...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:14hrs | 1390 | by Staff reporter
Nduna says R500k Ginimbi, Chivayo fraud hit him like lightning bolt
CHEGUTU West legislator Dexter Nduna said he felt like he had been hit by "lightning bolts coming in three dimensions" after realised he had allegedly been conned out of R535 000 by controversial busi...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
My two cents on Zimbabwe situation
The situation in Zimbabwe , it is like being caged in boxing ring fighting a strong man and the rest will be history. The lifestyle is thorn in the flesh. Where are we going as a nation? Zimbabweans a...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 13:29hrs | 2504 | by Enos Denhere
Chamisa ready to lead Zimbabwe out of crisis
As Zimbabwe's economic crisis deepens - with critical drugs, fuel and wheat in short supply - the opposition MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa has called for a crisis meeting with President Emmers...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 07:11hrs | 8429 | by African News Agency
Chamisa claims to have a solution
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said he has the solutions to the country's deepening economic crisis that has seen the shortages of fuel emerging and prices of commodities skyrocket since last ...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa cancels his party's parliamentary caucus meeting
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has cancelled his party's parliamentary caucus meeting scheduled for today to allow members to attend the burial of their late founding leader Morgan Tsva...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 08:01hrs | 2626 | by Staff reporter
ZCC in a bid to get ED and Chamisa to talk - will that end vote rigging curse
The road to hell is paved by good intentions and nowhere is this more true than when the well-meaning have no clue what they are doing. In their blundering they make the bad situation worse and even h...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 11:52hrs | 3076 | by Nomusa Garikai
From grace to grass: Teachers' dilemma
AS the world commemorated World Teachers Day yesterday, local educators' unions said there was nothing to celebrate as their members are overworked and impoverished by the government while many of the...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:10hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
Churches push for Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks
CHURCHES under the banner of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches are leading efforts to bring President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to the negotiating table to br...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:39hrs | 1816 | by Staff reporter
Hyena snatches, kills boy (6)
TERROR has engulfed Buhera after an aggressive hyena snatched a six-year-old boy from his parents' doorstep, viciously killed him and dropped off his mutilated skeleton in a nearby riverbed in the mid...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
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